VisuallyImpaired Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Fleksy is an alternate text input tool for the visually impaired

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 20th, 2012)

Fleksy is an interesting take on alternate text input for the iPhone. Designed for those whose eyesight is bad or nonexistent, Fleksy records the taps on the screen and makes a guess based on your patterns. It then says the word, enabling you to quickly construct sentences without even looking at ...

LookTel releases recognizer app for the visually disabled

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 29th, 2012)

LookTel, which came out with the Money Reader app last year that helps the visually impaired accurately count money, has come out with a new app using the same technology to help people with vision problems to identify common objects. LookTel Recognizer allows users to magnify items and store them ...

Georgia Tech's BrailleTouch is a Braille writer for iPhone

by Steven Sande (Feb 20th, 2012)

Researchers from the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech have developed a prototype iPhone app called BrailleTouch that should revolutionize texting and data entry for visually impaired iPhone users. The app places six keys -- three for each hand -- on the sides of the iPhone screen in ...

The Mac-cessability Network: resources for Apple accessibility

by Steven Sande (Aug 18th, 2009)

Touting another blog or website isn't an everyday occurrence here at TUAW, but a recent press release got our notice. A site called The Mac-cessibility Network is the work of six dedicated individiduals, all of whom are visually impaired, who provide the Apple community with a source of information ...

Silicon iPhone case aids the visually impaired

by Dave Caolo (Dec 8th, 2008)

The Invisual iPhone case by Critica is unique, having been designed for the blind and visually impaired. It encloses the entire device and features bas-relief buttons that coincide with a modified home page (you'll have to shuffle some icons around first). The coolest thing is that Critica claims it ...